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Palestinian commander killed in Syria buried in refugee camp
DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — A commander of the Palestinian militant group Islamic Jihad killed in Syria in what the group described as an assassination by Israeli agents was buried on Monday at a Palestinian refugee camp in the Syrian capital, Damascus. His wife, speaking at the...
Palestinian militant group: commander assassinated in Syria
DAMASCUS (AP) — A commander in the Palestinian militant group Islamic Jihad was killed in Syria on Sunday in what it described as an assassination by Israeli agents. The Al-Quds Brigades, the military wing of the Islamic Jihad group, said in a statement that Ali Ramzi al-Aswad, 31,...
Today in History: MARCH 10, First words spoken over phone
Today in History Today is Friday, March 10, the 69th day of 2023. There are 296 days left in the year. Today’s highlight in history: On March 10, 1969, James Earl Ray pleaded guilty in Memphis, Tennessee, to assassinating civil rights leader Martin...
UN envoy calls for renewed Syrian political talks post-quake
A top United Nations official called Wednesday for renewed attempts to reach a political solution to the country's nearly 12-year-old civil conflict in the wake of last month's devastating earthquake. Geir Pedersen, the U.N. special envoy for Syria, told reporters that the deadly 7.8...
Top Lebanese intel chief, mediator with Syria steps down
BEIRUT (AP) — A Lebanese intelligence chief who has mediated the release of Westerners held in Syria and also acted as a mediator within Lebanon stepped down Wednesday after attempts to extend his term failed. Maj. Gen. Abbas Ibrahim’s term as a head of the General Security...
Egypt's top diplomat in Damascus, meets with Syria's Assad
DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — Egypt's foreign minister Monday met with Syrian President Bashar Assad in Damascus and promised to deliver more aid to the quake-hit country. Sameh Shoukry is Egypt's most senior official to visit Syria since 2011, a day after Cairo's parliament speaker,...
Syrian state media: Israeli airstrikes kill 5 in Damascus
BEIRUT (AP) — Israeli airstrikes targeted residential areas in Syria's capital Damascus early Sunday, killing at least five people and wounding 15, Syrian state news reported. The strikes come amid a wider shadow war between Israel and its archenemy Iran, a close ally of Syria's...
Syrian state media: Israeli airstrikes kill 5 in Damascus
DAMASCUS (AP) — Israeli airstrikes targeted a residential neighborhood in the Syrian capital of Damascus early Sunday, killing at least five people and wounding 15, Syrian state news reported. Loud explosions were heard over a central area of the capital around 12:30 a.m. local...
Key developments in the aftermath of Turkey, Syria quakes
ANTAKYA, Turkey (AP) — The number of people killed in the Feb. 6 earthquakes that devastated parts of southern Turkey and northern Syria continues to rise. As chances of finding more survivors dwindled, some foreign search teams that rushed in to help have started leaving. ...
UN official warns of rising earthquake death toll in Syria
AMMAN (AP) — The United Nations regional humanitarian coordinator for the Syrian crisis said Thursday that the country's death toll from last week's deadly earthquake is likely to rise further as teams scramble to remove rubble in hard-hit areas. In an interview with The Associated...
